Différences

Ci-dessous, les différences entre deux révisions de la page.

--- trafficmap [2023/12/22 15:01] – [TrafficMap Photo tool] admin
+++ trafficmap [2025/01/07 15:54] (Version actuelle) – admin
@@ Ligne 4: / Ligne 4: @@
 **Typical use case**, you own a big public place and want to put up new things but don't know what to remove - what is few used.
-TrafficMap monitors a sim or 1/4sim between two given altitudes and stores the data in a web database. You visualize the traffic on a map on the web.
+TrafficMap monitors a sim or 1/4sim between two given altitudes and stores the data in a web database. You visualize the traffic on a map on the web. It uses a [[web Database]] to store data and draw the maps.
   * Traffic is obtained for each 4m x 4m land square 2m x 2m for 1/4sim
@@ Ligne 24: / Ligne 24: @@
       * this method rarely works for servers security reasons. Better just send me your image.
       * if you have prim media on the choosen background appears on top face
-  * **turn on** to start monitoring. All data is lost when you turn on
+  * **turn on** to start monitoring.
   * **turn off** to stop.
   * **map** to get your link to the map.
-  * **refresh beacons** to update the beacons without stropping the monitoring. This will also update info and image.
+  * **refresh** to update the beacons without stropping the monitoring. This will also update info and image.
+  * **Clear Data** to delete all the recorded traffic. won't stop monitoring
 If you changed a setting while monitoring is started you must turn off then on for new settings to be active.
@@ Ligne 43: / Ligne 44: @@
 **Old maps** - where no traffic was recorded for a month - will be **deleted** from our database. Snapshot or save page if you want to keep traces
+**Security** The TrafficMap object gives map URLs only to owner. There are two: **Map** URL to just this map, **SuperMap** URL to all your maps. If you give those URLs to someone they can see the map. Webmaster (me) can see all the maps but won't disclose any
 ====Beacons====
-A beacon object is provided. rez some of them at special places and set a tag name in object's description. that tag will appear on the map.
+A beacon object is provided. rez some of them at special places and set a tag name in object's description. that tag will appear on the map.\\
+When you refresh or turn on, beacons may take about 5 minutes to all appear on map\\
+two beacons on same region can't have same name \\
+the name of the beacon object has no importance, only the description. Keeping same name for all makes finding them easier\\
+an alternative to using beacons is to write/draw directly on your background image
 ====Exceptions====
@@ Ligne 69: / Ligne 75: @@
 Or you can place your image somewhere it can be viewed on the web. Then enter a full http link to it in the image setting. (https://mydomain.com/myimage.jpg) Depending of your hosting this might work or not.
 **Trick:** Use [[https://gyazo.com|Gyazo]] to make the image. then on gyazo image, right-click on image to "open image in a new tab" You get only image.\\ copy the url (looks like https://i.gyazo.com/32a7951c47231643920587a3a82d0381.jpg) and set it in image setting.
 **Tech note** the image setting can contain:
@@ Ligne 76: / Ligne 82: @@
   * anything else, if an image "region info.jpg" (like the title of your map) exists in my server it will be used
   * if nothing works a "no background" image will show
+  * The map has a B/W option that will only be available when using image in my server.